THE EFFECTS OF USING VOCABULARY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES ON GRADE 7 STUDENTS' ENGLISH VOCABULARY LEARNING

Abstract

The purposes of the research were 1) to compare the students' vocabulary learning achievement before and after receiving learning management with the use of vocabulary games and 2) to determine how satisfied students were with learning English vocabulary through games. The research sample consisted of 25 participants obtained using the cluster random sampling method from Grade 7 students studying in the first semester of the 2021 academic year at Chumchonponmueang Wittaya School. The employed research instruments concluded 1) six vocabulary game-based lesson plans, 2) a 30-item English vocabulary test whose reliability coefficient value was determined as 0.85, and 3) a questionnaire used for assessing individual student’s satisfaction levels. The data were analyzed using mean (), standard deviation (S.D.), and t-test dependent. The research findings were as follows: 1) The English vocabulary achievement scores of Grade 7 students after being taught through game-based vocabulary learning activities were statistically significantly than that before being taught by using vocabulary games at the level of .01 2) Grade 7 students expressed the highest level of satisfaction with vocabulary games as a means of learning English vocabulary. (= 4.64, S.D. =0.58)